Yes! Exactly. You nailed it, candidfolly. The other thing that struck me even as I was writing this story is that the inner conflict doesn't belong to the main character as much as it does to the antagonist. Yes, Stella has an arc, but it's Ted's journey we feel the deepest. :-)
Hey, the Workshop team edited this today! They did a super job.
I should bring something to workshop. I've been pouring most of my time into my serialized story, which might be hard to workshop because it isn't self contained. I've been thinking about resurrecting some old material that I think has good bones but is a real fixer upper.
As long as we start at Chapter 1, we're good. We have a lot of serialized stuff coming through there. :-)
Are you a fan of Walter Kaufmann by any chance? He wrote the definitive book on Greek and Shakespearian tragedy IMHO and it is actually useful for regular joe writing (calling myself the regular joe here, not your eminance :-) ).
LOLOL!!! I'm not familiar with Kaufman. But I'll be Carol is. We should have this discussion!
https://m.barnesandnoble.com/p/tragedy-and-philosophy-walter-a-kaufmann/1102511197/2694221512084?st=PLA&sid=BNB_DRS_Marketplace+Shopping+greatbookprices_00000000&2sid=Google_&sourceId=PLGoP24120&k_clickid=3x24120
I also like this one
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.amazon.com/Existentialism-Dostoevsky-Sartre-Revised-Expanded/dp/0452009308&ved=0ahUKEwiqp730lYfVAhXFeD4KHdXxDjkQFgh4MBU&usg=AFQjCNHZ0hPYAqSEqXlzWZ9em5MaX9XKhw